by Jason | Feb 7, 2017 | ISIS
On 6 February, a video was published on Libyan social media showing the execution of Libyan National Army (LNA) fighter Suliman al-Hoty. His executioner is reportedly a well-known Islamic State (ISIS) fighter from Benghazi. In the video, al-Hoty is filmed inside a...
by Jason | Feb 7, 2017 | International actors
On 2 February, Fayez al-Serraj, Prime Minister of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and Italy’s PM Paolo Gentiloni, signed a Memorandum of Understanding intended to limit the numbers of migrants and refugees travelling from Libya to Italy. The deal...
by Jason | Feb 7, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
Although the LNA announced victory against the jihadi coalition in Ganfuda (an area in south-west Benghazi) on 25 January, clashes between Libyan National Army (forces) and jihadi fighters continue in the 12 Flats district of Ganfuda. The 12 Flats area is...
by Jason | Feb 7, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 1 February, Brg. Mohammed al-Ghosri, the spokesperson for the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Minister of Defense (MoD) who was formerly the head of the al-Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) operations room, was pictured with a Benghazi Defence Brigades fighter in Hun, a...
by Jason | Jan 31, 2017 | ISIS
Misratan-led al-Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) forces reportedly discovered the remains of 90 bodies 45 km south west of Sirte, apparently killed by the US airstrikes launched against ISIS cells on 19 January as a parting move by the Obama administration. The BM fighters...
by Jason | Jan 31, 2017 | International actors
On 30 January, Turkey reopened its embassy in Tripoli. It was the second country to do so since 2014 – Italy was the first three weeks ago. UN Envoy Martin Kobler was one of the first visitors to the reopened Turkish embassy. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a...
by Jason | Jan 31, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 25 January, Libyan National Army (LNA) forces led by Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar announced they had taken full control of Ganfuda in south-west Benghazi from the Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council (BRSC). This was achieved after the LNA’s main eastern and...
by Jason | Jan 31, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 24 January, 19 members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Group signed an agreement in Tunis to accept in principle six changes to the UN-backed Libyan Political Agreement (LPA). These included: to reform the Presidential Council (PC) by reducing the membership from...
by Jason | Jan 24, 2017 | ISIS
On 16 January, Brg. Mohammed al-Ghosri, who was last week promoted by the GNA Minister of Defence (MoD) from Head of the BM Operations Room to MoD spokesperson, announced that more than 2,500 bodies of ISIS fighters had been collected from Sirte. He added that...
by Jason | Jan 24, 2017 | International actors
On 19 January, American B-2 stealth bombers destroyed two ISIS camps approximately 44 km south-west of Sirte, dropping more than 100 precision-guided bombs on the targets. The US forces then reportedly ‘cleaned up’ with drone hellfire missiles. Secretary of Defence...
